Mn. You want speculation, or fact? I got lots of one but none of the other.

I think there's two "voices" at work here. The one doing the experimentin' is that Corruption, I think. That dissonance that expects ponies to fall apart, to work only for self-serving ends.

But I don't think that one's the one responsible for choosin' us. I think the one choosin' us knows we can grow, can change... or knows we can help others change. Like, I know one person who'd probably never admit friendship could exist, but they made me who I am t'day. If it weren't for them bein' here, I'd still be a broken-down mare starin' at the bottom of a bottle and hatin' the world.

Everyone here is here for a reason, and those who aren't, they don't stay. For... for better or worse.